Word: discounting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Under the plan, a student will be able to buy a "purchase card" from NSA for a dollar. This will entitle him to a discount of from 10 to 20 percent at all the stores agreeing to the plan...
...repertory group in its midst. Of course, such a group can only be successful if it has good audiences. To encourage this, the directors have scaled seats from $2.70 to 60 cents. Students with special cards (which can be obtained at the CRIMSON office) can get a 30 percent discount. This means you can see live actors, in an extremely lively and intelligent play, for 45 cents. As "Heartbreak House" is scheduled to close, tomorrow night, this will give you only time to see it twice--not a bad idea...
Cost of Dying. In Los Angeles, where death has an unusually competitive sting, Utter-McKinley Mortuaries mailed out certificates entitling the bearer to a $20 discount on funeral services...
...over a route at least twice a month were entitled to buy "commutation tickets," and thus avoid paying the 15% federal transportation tax. Mid-Continent expects to run eleven commuter routes (sample: Kansas City-Tulsa), sell commuters' ticket books (four tickets, valid for one month) at an 18% discount. At least six other major lines intend to start commuter services...
...survey of finance companies, the weekly Automotive News found that many thought the industry was beginning to price itself out of the market. Associates Discount Corp. reported that monthly payments "now run almost as high as two weeks' pay for the average factory worker." Gene Pratt, vice president of Detroit's Contract Purchase Corp., figured that 70% of potential new-car customers had been "absolutely" frozen out, thought the market could crack overnight...